Task 1 - COUNTRY FACT FILE FRANCE

Capital: Paris
Total Area: 643,801 square mile
Population: 65,312,249 (July 2011 est.)
Languages: French

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Task 2- Location, Climate Zone
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  • Task 2 - Chart
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Task 3 Economic Production
  • What is the GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)?
  • $2.145 trillion (2010 est.)
  • How does this compare with the rest of the world?


  • What is the GDP per capita?
  • How does this compare with the rest of the world?
$33,100(2010 est.)

  • What is the unemployment rate?
  • 9.3% (2010 est.)
  • What is the percentage of People below the poverty line?
6.2%(2004)



  • What are this country's main agricultural products?
  • wheat,cereals,sugar beets,potatoes,wine grapes,beef,dairy products,fish
  • What are this country's main industries?
  • machinery,chemicals,automobiles,metallurgy,aircraft,electronics,textiles,food,processing;tourism


  • Export partners?
  • Germany 16.4%, Italy 8.2%, Belgium 7.7%, Spain 7.6%, UK 6.8%, US 5.1%, Netherlands 4.2% (2010)
  • Imports partners?
  • Germany 19.3%, Belgium 11.4%, Italy 8%, Netherlands 7.5%, Spain 6.8%, China 5.1%, UK 5% (2010)

Task 4 Population and Life Expectancy- Extra Credit: Sacha

Total Population: 65,312,249
Average Life Expectancy: 81
Total Fertility Rate: 2.0
Infant Mortality Rate: 3.92 deaths/ 1000 live births

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Task 5: What Is It Like To Live There

News Event:

Healthcare: Moderation: Let's Drink to that

Terrorisms And Suspicious Events

  • There has been no recent terrorisms and suspicious events in France.

Travel Warning

  • France doesn't have any travel warnings

Travel To France




EPI rank: 7

EPI score: 78.2

Current Issues: Their problems are, water tress index, marine protection, critical habitat protection, agricultural subsidies, nitrogen oxides emissions, Ecosystem ozone, sulfer dioxide emissions, non-methane volatile organic compound emissions,

Summary: France doesn't have many problems in it's country as i listed in the current issues. France is a wealthy country but also needs to work on some problems.

Title of Article: UCN welcomes France’s significant scale-up of marine protected areas

Publication: news story

Date Published: 27 August 2009

url: http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/marine/marine_our_work/marine_governance/?uNewsID=3831

Task 7 Education


what percentage of the GDP is spent on education?
5.6% of GDP (2007)

How does this compare with the rest of the world?

It is ranked 38


What percentage of the population is literate?
99%

Is there a major difference in rates of literacy between male and female?
no males 99% females 99%


How many years is a person expected to attend school?
16 years

Is there a difference between between males and females?
no
male: 99%female: 99% (2003 est.)

TASK 8 - GENDER EQUALIT

The Gender Equality Index from Social Watch.


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The Global Gender Gap:

Overall Score:
Economic Participation and Opportunity:
Educational Attainment:
Health and Survival:
Political Empowerment:

Part 5: Maternal Mortality Rates
The Maternal Mortality Rate for France is 8 deaths/100,000 live births. France is raked 214
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